Same name, new ambitions
Same name, new ambitions
A new chapter begins. We unveil the name and vision for the new digital centre for government.
Introducing our new product pages and technical documentation
Posted by:
Alice Noakes - former Product Manager for GOV.UK Design System, Government Digital Service, David House and Oliver Byford - Lead Frontend Developer, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Digital Service Platforms
Our new product pages and a new technical documentation format help users recognise that a resource is provided or curated by GDS.
How we are using roadmaps in government
...time. It’s a useful way of showing the vision and direction for a product, and ensuring that everyone is working towards common goals. Roadmaps suit agile ways of working because...
Angling to meet user needs at Defra
...very early stages of development - discovery or alpha. I see it as part of my job to help the teams working on those projects, to give them the freedom...
Clear writing training helps the whole organisation
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Karen Manser and Nick Johnstone-Waddell, Posted on:
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Content design, People and skills
...including leaflets and online content. Since 2013, we’ve been helping about 300 colleagues in the Public Health England (PHE) screening team to write content for screening reports, both printed and...
The GDS Parity Pledge, one year on
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Zara Farrar - former Senior Content Producer, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Events, GDS team
...or more people unless there is at least one woman on the panel, not including the chair. In future, no-one from GDS will speak at an event unless the event's...
In tech and talented? The government’s digital transformation needs you
We believe that successful digital transformation comes not through the choice of a particular technology stack or IT system but through the work of people and teams. Over the past...
How we’re making GOV.UK work harder for users
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Jen Allum - former Head of GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GOV.UK
...let users see how content has changed over time. And providing a supported API for content so that anyone can take a reliable feed of our content. And we’ll be...
Discussing diversity at UKGovcamp
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Daniel Sintim, Leema Ahmed and Samantha Bryant - Delivery Manager for GOV.UK Pay, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Events, GDS team, People and skills
Photo: WN Bishop UKGovcamp is an annual unconference that’s dedicated to digital in the public sector. The GDS Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) network ran a stall and a...
The Government Transformation Strategy 2017 to 2020
Posted by:
Kevin Cunnington - former Director General, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Categories:
Digital strategy, Transformation
...departments to share platforms, components, code and best practice. The collaboration across departments that brought the 2017 strategy into being is the start of what we hope will be a...
What you can learn from making data user-centred
...difficult to keep it up to date. Out of date data can lead to a poor service experience. So data specialists advocate fetching data from reliable sources using automated services...
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